oakland parents are trying to stop crime and violce against their children by fighting back. they joined forces with oakland police at a community meeting to come up with solutions for keeping children safe. terry mcsweeney is live at the elementary school in st oakland. >> morthan 100 people turned out here at this elementary school auditorium, talked for about an hour and a half to police telling them something that the officers probably already knew and that is there is a big problem out here. police responded by saying we will do what we can with what we have. and as far as doing your part, would you please do yours.

the questns were mainly directed at the captain of the oakland police department, the representatives of the school board and the open unified school district police re there as well. they came from an auditorium in which gunfire can almost be heard a nightly basis. >> unfortunately i don't have the liberty to sit her and cry working what i have. we have very low staffing numbers, although not on called and increasing. >> violent crime overall in the neigorhood near green leaf elementary school is actually down. thoughhotings are up. >> i'm pay firm believer you consider the crime. if we d't know who the individus are -- drastically drop the crime rate. >> the meeting was called for the violence in the streets and rage that nothing'seing done. >> i'm feeling a lot of anger internally from a lot of people. i myself was a victim of a robbery as well by gunpoint.

i was raised in this area for 30, 30 plus years so i know what their frustratns are. >> after more than an hour of q & a, some had something positive to say to her son. >> a lot of police officers are taking care of you. >> of course, there's still a lot of mistrust between the minority community and the police. the captain says he completely understands he did not trust cops when he was growing up. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you. police used a taser who capture a man who came to their station house to surrender after a triple shooting. two died after a gunn shot a victim at an apartment complex on williams street. neighbors reported hearing the gunshots just before 2:00 this mornin the suspected gunman wento the poli station, he walked into the building through a door that was suppos to be locked but

had been left open by mistake. officers say he game agitad d broke two windows before theyased him. >> pleasa hill an accident involving a big rig loaded with hay halls injured one woman and created quite a mess. sky 7 hd is live where the truck slipped over. the injured woman was in one of the cars hit by those hay bails. she's been takeno the hospital. no word how serious her injuries are or what caused the big rig to slip but they are reloading the truck now. >> oakland police are trying to determine if three suspects are responsible for eight robberies in the last 24 hours. police say the suspects led them on a 45-minute high-speed chase across part of the bay bridge twice. officers finally managed to stop the car at 23rd avenue in oakland around 2:00 this morning. two of the suspects were taken into custy. a third person was arrested

affidavit a search of a nearby home. >> san carlos they're sure a fire warehouse that stored memorabilia belonging to neil young started in a vintage cash that the rog legend had converted into a hybridvehicle. it started in young's 1959 lincoln continental an spread to the rest of the warehouse. crews were able to save most of the singer's other items including other vintage cars and musical instruments. >> this fire broke out about 90 minutes on pier 70. the fire department said the fire broke out in a pile of debris. here's aicture from sky 7 hd. the burning pile includes two muni buse retired from use. they have put out that fire. a high school principal in the santa clara county city of campbell is under fire for refusing to let an ambulance drive on a football field to help an injured player. the mother is waiting for an

apology. her son suffered a concussion october 29th at the high school. theresa joins us from campbell. any action taken against the principal? >> cheryl, frankly we don't know if the district has taken any action against the principal or if it plans to and that's because a spokesrson came up us to p said they have no comment whatsoever becae it is undergoing on investigation. even as this team recuperating, the situation has a lot of people infuriated who cannot fathom choosing the field over a child's health. >> well, the child's health need to come first. that's most important. hearing this coming from you instead of coming from the school is actually disturbing, too. >> schools at del mar high aren't talking about the situation. debbie is one o many surprised patience concerned after hearing from abc 7 that they refused an

ambulance after a footbl accident. >> makes me kind of concerned about my child's safety. >> 14-year-old has suffered a concussion during del mar's j. v. football game october 29th. after 9-1-1 was called, he had to lay and wait for emgency workers to haul a gurney 75 yards down-field. the princip said she was following orders ban being the vehicles on the recently remodeed field. >> i think it' intense acros the board. >> campbell union high school district board member matthew dean feels the blame falls threes ways. one, the principal should have made a different decision, two, emergency reonders could have overridden her, and, thir he's looking at the district. >> such that the principal does or doesn't feel comfortabl overriding a rule. >> a district spokesperson blamed the new principal saying she because the district never meant block

emergency vehicles. but there was one dissenting parent whose son plays football and walls at the game that night. >> i think they don't let any ambulance go at any field at any high school games oany game period. i don't think she's done anything wrong. i don't think -- i worked in an emergency room. i don't think it delayed his care at all. >> while it's not clear whether this delay had any impact on the studens health, medical experts do say th every second can count when a player has a head injury. meanwhile the district superintdent has sent an apology to the mother of the injured pler and also a member to staff reminding them to allow access to emergency vehicle live in san jose, theresa garcia, abc 7 news. >> theresa, thank you. the growing controversy over the new tsa body scanners is spreading to san mateo county. he'll prosecutor screener who is handle passengers inappropriately during the

enhanced patdown seahes. the touching could be sexual batty only if there's evidence of a sexual purpose behind it. the aclu has criticized the body scan as virtual strip searches. >> convicted new york congreman charles rangel of ethics rules violation. the panel for democrats and republicans was headed by san jose's fill lockncon convicted rangel of 11 of 13 counts against him. the charges include failing to pay taxes on a home as well as financial and fund-raisg violations. the 80-year-old rang did not attend the announcement and had no comment. the full ethics committee will next meet for a punishment hearinand that could include a house vote, a fine and denial of priviles. >> britain's long-awaited yal wedding is finally happening. prince william proposed to kate middleton. how willia pommed the question and the special meaning behind

the ring he gave his fiancee. >> one of the world's most famous bands taking a bite out of the cupertino company. >> later, should teachers warn parents that the children are l@

a british royal wedding is officially in the works as buckingham palace said prince william is engaged to his

long-time girlfriend. he's given her an engagement ring once worn by his mother. why now prince william said he's been training to ask kate to marrhim for some time now. and kate said it seeme like a natural step for both of them. the couple said they're looking forward to having a family. in front of a sea of flashing cameras, prince william and kate middleton made their first appearance together after new broke they are officially engaged. the prince w not hesitant talking about his bride to be. >> brits have a great fun time together. (inaudible >> the engagement ring belonged to prince william's mother, the late princess diana, an oval sapphire surrounded by diamonds. >> very special to me. it's my way of making sure my

mother is here today. >> the couple plans to wed next spring or summer. it will be exactly 30 year after his parents prince charles and princessiana married in a lavish royal affair. kate and william got engaged last month during a romantic vacation in kenya. they met eight years ago at the university of saint andrews in scotland and have survived breakups, long distance, and being in the intense spotlight. kate known for her style, elegance and beauty is already drawing many comparisons to princess diana. when asked about being future queen? >> doing thin with him, i shall take it in my stride. william is a great teacher to help me along the way. >> folling the marriage, the couple will live in north wales where prince william will continue to serve with the royal

air force. >> they remained pretty shy and tight-lipped about it. kate did say it was a romantic and persona moment. when they asked if prince william got down on one knee, he said that will remain a secret. >> jenelle, thanks a lot. let's talk about music royalty the beatles are finally coming to the internet. today apple announced its i-tune service will sell music for the fab four with the recording label. the cupertino-base company will sell 13 remastered studio albums or buindividual songs. for $149, apple is selling a special digital box set that includes a download of the beatles first concert in 1964. the beatles have long been the most promine band to refuse to sell their songs online. >> meteorologist me nicco along with the forecast. >> not royalty. probly not even british. i'll give you the forecast anyway. i think you'll like it.

show you what's going on. we're lookg at downtown san francisco. we do have some cooler weather on the wa the records are over and the dramatic change this weekend it's going to be wet, windy and wild i'll have the details. >> thanks. for the first time since the vietnawar, a living soldier is about to get the medal of honor. the white house ceremony going on right now. >> the alcoholic drinks that federal regulators may soon consider illal. ♪ [ fele announcer ] with cable's bundle choices, ere's not much to see. th at&t u-verse tv, you can record up to four shows at once on a single dvr. hey. yeah. on mway home. [ female aouncer ] you can even choose wireless voice service. can't do that with cable. now you have your choice of offers. call today to get u-verstv and internet plus choose home phone or wireless voicservice

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♪ for the first time since the vietnam war, a living american soldier is being awarded the medal of honor. we have a ceremony going on right now at the white house. this is a live picture. you can see president obama right there handing out the award to arm staff arg salvador. he is bein honored for when he served in afghanistan. he was ambushed. the 25-yeaold from iowa was under pressure, under fire when he pulled a fellow soldr to safety and resed another being carrieaway by insurgents. >> i cat take this for myself. so i'm gonna think abou them and when it happens, i'll be thinking about them. and when it's done, i'll be thinking about them.

>> his friend ultimately did not survive. his parents are grateful for his act. the medal has been given six times for the wars in afghanistan and iraq and all when troops have died in the effort. >> well-deserved. our meteorologist mike nio in now. changing weather? >> slowly and this big storm friday into saturday. you may want to have a plan b for the weekend if you plan to be outse. show you what's going on right now. beautiful time to outside. hazier today than yesterday. but gh pressure barely in control and bringing us a sunny afternoon. this is a look from mount tamalpais this morning sausalito in the foreground, san francisco the in the background. and doesn't at look very nice, very inviting this morning from our emeryville cam. let's talk temperatures. stil very comfortable. we're at or above our noal highs and it's only 11:20 this morning. mid to upper 60s this most neighborhoods. already near 70 in fremo,

liverme, mountain view and san jose. around the monterey bay, we have low to mid-60s. even8 salinas and 71 gilroy. but compare this to 24 hours ago. look at the dramatic drop. now 17 degrees cooler. san francisco 8. menlo park, san jose 7, oakland 3, concord about 9. therein lies the trend. it's going to be sunny but the cooling trend does start today. scattered showers, they arrive friday and the cold, wet and breezy weekend ll take over. as far as today, we will be cooler than yesterday. look at redwood city, concord, san francisco, all set record highs yesterday. temperatures about 7 to 9 degrees cooler. but still about 7 to 9 degrees above average. mid-70s in the south bay today. you can se campbell and san jose, the warm spot 75. on the peninsula low to mid-70s. menlo park 73. along the coast mid to upper 60s. downtown south san francisco, sausalito near 70. low to mid-70s the north bay valleys.

mid-60s at your beaches. low to mid-70s the east bay shore and the east bay valleys and down around the monterey bay and inland, the exception monterey and carmel in the mid to upper 60s. quiet weather from 58 in eureka to 56 tahoe to sunny and 81 in palm springs. tonight 40s and 50s with most of the 40s in our inland valleys. palolto may touch 49. low 50s for the rest of the bay and coast. here's the area of high pressure moving away. the cold front that kicked it out and started our cooling trend during the overght hours. look how the cold front slides down and fridamorning we're definitely going to be cooler and cloudy conditions, maybe drizzle at the coast. it's friday evening. you can see the showers develop and as this low settles in our our neighborhood saturday we have waves of showers move in and a snow level that can drop to 4,000 feet here up in the sierra. they're going to get dumbed on, snowed, friday through monday. great for the ski resorts. temperatures every y we lose

about 4 to degrees. before you know it, the highs saturday and sunday in the 50s. we'll be colder than our lows were yesterday. >> bus making snow this weekend. with the snow coming in, that will help. >> today the san jose city councilearning details about a nonprofit oganization accused of not using city funds properly. our media partner reports the mexican american community service agency was given a $500,000 city grant to start a preschool but never opened it. it's aeady under criminal investigation accused o skimming emploe pension funds. the city no longer supports any of that agency's programs. >> parents in arizona are upset after the school district sent home letters telling them their children are overweight or may be headed in that direction. distri officials say the letters deiled how the children scored duri a routine health screening that tell parents how their child did when

it came to height and weight. students weight is an emotional subject for parents but it needs to be addressed. some say the letters did more harm tn good. >> i work with my daughter on self-esteem issuesvery day. for them to destroy all the wor that i do at home in one day by givi her something that her friends can see, that everybody can see, it's wrong. >> hindsight, seco guess. we can't change that. but what i will say is we were always concerned about the wellne of our children. >> her daughter is overweight but it due to medical problems and she says that's none of the school alleys business. >> the food and drus administration is expected to move to ban caffinated alcohol in drinks as soon as today. the fda is expected to make a statement for alcohol and caffeine unsafe and possibly illegal. the top selling brand of the combination drks has been blamed for at least two deaths in recent months. the caffeine masks the effects

of alcohol which can lead to rissier behavior. four states have already banned the drink. california has not

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